Construction of 152 homes on a golf course in an upscale Tamarac neighborhood is expected to begin next month.

The single-family homes will be built along five sections throughout the Woodmont Country Club, generally along Southgate Boulevard and near Pine Island Road, and homeowners are expected to start moving in by year’s end.

The developer has already started construction on the model homes, and 12 permits are pending for construction of the first houses, said Brent Baker, the southeast Florida division president for Atlanta-based PulteGroup.

Homes will start in the low $400,000s and feature at least three bedrooms and a two-car garage. They also will have barrel-tile roofs and hurricane-impact glass windows, with either a lake or golf course view. “Smart” technology will allow residents to do tasks by phone, such as opening and closing their garage door and locking and unlocking their front doors.

The project in Woodmont has been more than a decade in the making.

In 2006, Woodmont owner Mark Schmidt proposed 448 housing units and a luxury hotel. But residents said they wanted their golf course views left intact. That plan, revised numerous times to include less housing, was defeated in 2007.

The city supported the smaller, current reincarnation, which includes one- and two-story homes to be built on nine of the 18 holes on the course known as the Pines. Plans were approved in 2014.

Then, Schmidt began feuding with his construction company, Zaveco Development, which filed a lawsuit in Broward County circuit court saying Woodmont was obligated to sell the company the home lots. A judge ruled in 2017 that Woodmont had validly terminated its agreement, and the project continued with Schmidt’s new developer.

“It’s been a long time. The public is as excited as we are,” said Baker, adding that 2,000 people have joined a list asking for information about model openings and prices. “They want to get in there and see models and select a house. There’s not a lot of new home supply in this area.”